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PALO ALTO, CA— When the board of directors at NexiCorp accidentally fired the entire C-suite during a botched automated HR update, the markets braced for a bloodbath. Instead, they got a miracle. For the last six months, NexiCorp has been led by ceo_v1.py,

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HAWTHORNE, California — SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled the second iteration of his Mars colony prototype Wednesday, highlighting what he called "substantial quality-of-life improvements" including three-tier Wi-Fi service, a proprietary streaming platform, and what engineers cautiously described

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is expected this week to confirm Kevin Warsh as the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve, with lawmakers praising his "unprecedented qualifications" for managing the nation's monetary policy — chief among them, a personal net worth so substantial that price

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Poll finds 71% of U.S. respondents "very concerned" about a body of water they place somewhere between Dubai and Daytona Beach

WASHINGTON — As the Strait of Hormuz entered its twelfth consecutive day of near-total closure — the latest phase of a disruption that has intensified

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Boreal Crown Voyages says 18 disembarked passengers from the MV Pelagic Sovereign are engaged in a "wellness check-in"; former CDC director's "dead end" prediction added to testimonials carousel


AMSTERDAM — Boreal Crown Voyages, operator of the expedition cruise ship MV

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Attorneys for Puget Sound defendant move to distinguish isolated interpersonal grievance from broader anti-pinniped animus; seal unavailable for comment


SEATTLE — Attorneys for a Bellevue man charged with throwing rocks at a federally protected harbor seal near the

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Thursday, May 28, 2026

BYLINE: IRREVERENT Newz Desk | Gus

SAN FRANCISCO — In what housing advocates are calling "the logical endpoint" and what everyone else is calling "Tuesday," a Mission District developer has launched the nation's first fully conceptual residential complex: a housing option with no physical building, no address, and no plumbing, priced at $2,400 per month for "virtual Brooklyn residency."

The project, branded as ÆtherLoft, offers residents something far more valuable than square footage: a "curated lifestyle package."

For the monthly fee, subscribers receive a personalized QR code linking to a 24/7 livestream of someone else's studio apartment in

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OAK BROOK, Ill.—McDonald's Corporation disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday that its board of...
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WASHINGTON — Jack Thugge, head of the United States Government Anti-Corruption Office (GACO), was...

I Drank a Gallon of Raw Milk for Journalism and My Doctor Stopped Returning My Calls

by Julian Cross

Editor's note: The CDC and FDA are explicit on this point: raw, unpasteurized milk can contain E. coli, Salmonella, Listeria, Campylobacter, and a rotating cast of other pathogens capable of causing severe illness, hospitalization, and death. Do not drink raw milk. Do not do what Julian did. He is a trained professional who has made significantly worse decisions than this, and even he is not recommending it.


The woman

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by Madison Garcia | Technology & Gaming Correspondent, IRREVERENT Magazine

HER APARTMENT — I have tested a lot of products that promised to improve my life. The Throne smart-toilet, which unboxed itself at CES 2026 and immediately began a podcast about my gastrointestinal habits. A meditation app that responded to my

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by Sam Turge | Senior Political Correspondent, IRREVERENT Magazine

ROOM 614, MID-TIER MANHATTAN HOTEL — I have eaten apple pie in this room. I have eaten it from a paper plate procured from the lobby sundry shop, using a plastic fork that bent under the weight of the crust. The ice machine on the seventh floor is broken. The curtains

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by Scott Meadow | Editor & Publisher, IRREVERENT Magazine

THE EDITOR'S DESK — I don't know if Kharla is actually banned from Milan. I have read her piece from FAT Toronto — "I Am in Toronto Because I Cannot Legally Return to Milan Yet" — and I have stared at the phrase "legally return" for longer than I would care

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